"By sourcing favorite recipes from readers, Hesser came up with a cross section of the most popular and well-loved dishes to have graced the pages of the dining section." -Caroline Russock, SeriousEats.com

"If you are lucky, your question might even be answered by food writer Amanda Hesser. Food52 is her site which she is using to crowdsource her next cookbook with Merrill Stubbs. It attracts a very active community of cooks." - Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch

"Hesser put out a call to readers asking for their most-loved Times recipes. 6,000 readers replied, with picks that Hesser and Merrill Stubbs winnowed down to 400 greatest hits." -Stephanie Rosenbaum, KQED.com